Colors of the wind...

...five of my favorite colors:

MOUSE OVER CAPTIONS on each photo!!

Green symbolizes: life, nature, fertility, well being Green is the color of nature, fertility, life. Grass green is the most restful color. Green symbolizes self-respect and well being. Green is the color of balance. It also means learning, growth and harmony. Green is a safe color, if you don't know what color to use anywhere use green. Green is favored by well balanced people. Green symbolizes the master healer and the life force. It often symbolizes money. It was believed green was healing for the eyes.

Yellow is creative from a mental aspect, the color of new ideas, helping us to find new ways of doing things. It is the practical thinker, not the dreamer. Yellow is the best color to create enthusiasm for life and can awaken greater confidence and optimism. The color yellow loves a challenge, particularly a mental challenge. Within the meaning of colors, yellow is the great communicator and loves to talk. Yellow is the color of the networker and the journalist, all working and communicating on a mental level. Yellow is the scientist, constantly analyzing, looking at both sides before making a decision; methodical and decisive. Yellow is the entertainer, the comic, the clown. Yellow helps with decision making as it relates to clarity of thought and ideas, although it can often be impulsive. Yellow helps us focus, study and recall information, useful during exam time. The color yellow can be anxiety producing as it is fast moving and can cause us to feel agitated. Yellow has a tendency to make you more mentally analytical and critical - this includes being self critical as well as critical of others.

This is a color that seeks peace and tranquility above everything else, promoting both physical and mental relaxation. It reduces stress, creating a sense of calmness, relaxation and order - we certainly feel a sense of calm if we lie on our backs and look into a bright blue cloudless sky. It slows the metabolism. The paler the blue the more freedom we feel. In the meaning of colors, blue relates to one-to-one communication, especially communication using the voice - speaking the truth through verbal self-expression - it is the teacher, the public speaker. The color blue is idealistic, enhancing self-expression and our ability to communicate our needs and wants. It inspires higher ideals. Blue's wisdom comes from its higher level of intelligence, a spiritual perspective. Blue is the color of the spirit, devotion and religious study. It enhances contemplation and prayer. On the other hand, blue's devotion can be to any cause or concept it believes in, including devotion to family or work. Blue is the helper, the rescuer, the friend in need.

Pink is feminine and romantic, affectionate and intimate, thoughtful and caring. It tones down the physical passion of red replacing it with a gentle loving energy. Pink is intuitive and insightful, showing tenderness and kindness with its empathy and sensitivity. In color psychology, pink is a sign of hope. It is a positive color inspiring warm and comforting feelings, a sense that everything will be okay. Pink calms and reassures our emotional energies, alleviating feelings of anger, aggression, resentment, abandonment and neglect. Studies have confirmed that exposure to large amounts of pink can have a calming effect on the nerves and create physical weakness in people. Violent and aggressive prisoners have been successfully calmed by placing them in a pink room for a specified amount of time.

The color purple is specifically associated with royalty and the nobility, creating an impression of luxury, wealth and extravagance. Purple has power. It has a richness and quality to it that demands respect. Purple is ambitious and self-assured, the leader. Too much of the color purple can promote or aggravate depression in some. It is one color that should be used extremely carefully and in small amounts by those who are vulnerable to these depressed states.

...so by reading what my five favorite colors represents, I'm an extravagant peace seeking romantic, optimistic, and nature loving. Yep, that 'bout sums it up. [insert wink] I also like black, but in all art reality it's not a COLOR but a 'hue'...black means more or less, 'hidden'. Hmmmmm.

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These are MY favorite colors, too! Our living room is green, our kitchen is blue. Our bedroom is pink.. I do NOT like black or brown, they are not cheerful or pretty to me. Well, black is good for clothes and hearses but not much else.

I love learning new things, and I really learned today! Some of those are my favorites, too, and I do think they describe me pretty well. When Color Me Rad race comes to Corpus again in a few months, I'll have to post some pics of the hodge podge of color that becomes!

Hi Anni, I remember being in university in a psych course and learning about the psychology of colours. Then it made sense why I'm drawn to some and repelled by others and why I chose the colours I chose in my art. :) It's good to have an appreciation of these things. Hope your weekend is shaping up to be a good one. :)

Fascinating, Anni! Thanks for that. Yellow always makes me feel happy, especially yellow flowers, but I don't like to wear it or decorate with it. Love all these colors and each evokes a positive response. I'll have to look up red - it was my mother's, and now my, favorite color. But again, another color I don't want to wear. Thanks for this interesting post and enjoy your weekend!

Very ironic post on colors Anni. I just finished reading 'Lost and Found' by Jacqueline Sheehan. I was drawn to it by the cover. It is about a gorgeous black lab. One of the characters in the book experiences every day life in colors...the condition is identified as synesthesia. I'm currently reading 'Picture This' the sequel.Happy FridayHugs C and Madi

Well that was quite interesting. I love blue/green - my top favorite colors.Your yellow flower is stunning - the color though is not one of my favorites.That purple flower is so cool, I've never seen one before.

Interesting entry. I had a lavender, purple, and white bedroom for years and years. Recently I decided it is time for a change. I ended up with a lot of black. Same with my kitchen, yellow for many years. Ended up with a lot of black in there too. Humm I wonder what that means.

Blue has always been my 'favorite' color. I do think being in the 'setting' so to speak of a color does speak to you. I like being under a crisp blue sky. It calms me. Large expanses of green grass does the same. I've been reading your blog for some time now Anni and not sure where black fits in with you. I don't think there's anything 'hidden' about you. :)

So love your thoughts on all these colours. Lovely to think that they symbolise so much.Huge apologies that the SSS2 link was not working. The link should appear at my midnight - usually I wait till the link goes through, but not this time; I fell asleep. I still have no idea why it failed. Mascha said that she had visited several websites and they too experienced defective link ups. Mysteries of the internet. Have a wonderful weekend.

Symbols on license plates...are allowed here and I can tell your why....to get a vanity plate you have to fork over $50.00 a year. The symbols are often used to replace letters in a plate that someone might want that is already being used.such as $ replaces an s, or the sound 'ate'. 4 often replaces an A and so on and so on. And as you know NC has a plethora of vanity plates which = a ton of revenue.HugsC

I love all these colors. I'd rather have red than pink in my house tho. I have a couple of red walls in my kitchen. I loved pink when I was first married and my daughter's room had pink floral wallpaper. Remember the mauve and country blue phase? Oh, I was big into that! LOL! I do like black in clothes, but not so much in my house.